the death toll in the algerian hostage crisis is expected to rise with at least twenty three confirmed to have been killed the terrorists themselves was in retaliation for the invention in mali by france. hundreds of friends and supporters commemorate internet freedom. family maintains the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by overzealous prosecutors and a possible thirty year jail sentence. dissolved parliament in the face of protests over corruption allegations in the capital are. the

anti-government. and recapping the week's top stories the top news of the day had to have you with us. the algerian military has reportedly taken five islamic terrorists alive in the aftermath of the gas facility hostage scenes with the clear up operation still ongoing the civilian death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are discovered several foreign a civilian were among dozens killed when algerian forces stormed the site taken by militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali and there are increasing claims that invaded. probably boyko reports. but there will be fighting terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country

the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire world . he's vowed that france won't stop its intervention in mali until islam a kick stream is in the country stamped out the military has announced that it's going to be sending more troops but potential set to exceed two hundred thousand the stated goal to help the government in bamako drive out his list insurgents before the françois alarms talk of freedom and democracy critics say the french government you see as a for the military offensive could be linked to other elements u.a.d. of these fronts. many people say huge causes it's a huge factor in its economy and it's something that not only mali but specifically niger and other and neighboring parts where the tourist people reside. sits on top of almost every single light bulb in france runs on electricity generated by

nuclear power power relies on a steady flow of pure raney and so you don't have to be a nuclear physicist to figure out that to keep all these bright lights on the french government depends on a steady flow of the precious natural resource but molly says micio land is not about power or money so that security this has nothing to do with any political issue from a different time if we are defending a government or business interests which government which business. some have their suspicions nationally supported the courage energy company. is to finish the second largest ukrainian mining plant in the world next to mali every year the cars to extract in this uranium is going to be very cheap there's a third world very cheap. france is playing

a very dangerous game and after the french military offensive reportedly sparked a deadly hostage crisis in algeria light bulbs are beginning to go off in the heads of ordinary citizens to pull out almost nobody i'm for intervention if it is to fight terrorism but it's got to be for good reasons i know that it's for raw materials that are in mali oil diamonds and gold it already renders the ground it is not. they don't think about well we have made paris a huge target and france a target for terrorism. at least but with the prospect of untapped natural resources needed to keep fronts eliminated political analysts say that france promised to stop playing big projects and former colonies isn't going to be fulfilled anytime soon playboy can see paris. international relations professor mark allman to send some governments do not learn

the lessons history gave them. it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of an element of this problem is a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite contrary spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop tails but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention actually tend to send recalls of disorder further around the region the surprising thing is that some fairly basic security measures which are just really numbers of guards would not apply to that bay are so important places here on all sides what seems to be really

probably is there to be insofar as the molly ivins probably sparklers nobody seems to think that perhaps you come from somewhere other than mali it seems they came across the nearby libyan border libya is central to all this problem because all the plot of weapons that's been produced by the quotes the gadhafi regime but also the complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially foods operating in different parts of libya hundreds of people gathered on saturday in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an online freedom activist who hanged himself last week the twenty six year old computer prodigies suicide came ahead of his trial for cyber crimes which could have resulted in him spending decades behind bars this week federal prosecutors dropped the charges against swartz his family and friends still blame the government for his death honest i see it you're going to reports. the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from

a paid subscription database and the believe that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too many books in the library the punishment facing thirty years behind bars and a million dollar fine you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download a p.d.f. to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder received punishment the result twenty six year old web wizard aaron swartz takes his own life the idea that he was facing decades in jail is is just disgusting absolutely appalling and and now we've lost a tremendously valuable and talented human being while the plea bargain deal for only several months behind bars was reportedly a possible outcome the internet freedom crusader refused to be seen as a felon his family and supporters blame the prosecution's aggressive attempts to put swartz behind bars for his suicide this man

a young man and his family were literally terrorized by the prosecutors and the judicial discretion that let this case go forward and not stop while authorities dubbed him a criminal supporter say he was a robin hood in the fight for freedom of information aaron swartz was a prodigy at fourteen he helped write the are assessed specific ation and online syndication system that allows users to consolidate feeds from numerous blog sites automatically instead of having to check each website individually the program is now part of the common vocabulary of the internet and is used on a daily basis for publishing new stories from all over the world critics say u.s. officials wanted aaron sent down to set an example he was going up against policy and he knew it but but he thought he would be in the clear in the law because it was only spreading public domain documents instead swartz. this case has made an example of how seriously the internet is regulated in the us the laws under which

he was indicted did back to nine hundred eighty four many believe they're long outdated the prison sentences need to be relaxed especially for supposed crimes like this where there was no economic motive where there was no way for him to profit even if they said even if he did all the things that they said new legislation dubbed aram's law has been proposed in the u.s. congress it's still unclear whether there will be any real change but what is clear is that it once again took a tragedy to galvanize national debate and party new york pakistan's government and muslim cleric here agreed on friday to bring an end to the mass protests and islam about tens of thousands of his supporters and a sit in against widespread corruption and unemployment after convinced authorities to dissolve parliament in march now voting should take place within ninety days the government also agreed to discussions on electoral reforms but demanded that the

army help set up an interim administration was rejected another sign of a deepening political crisis is the government's face off with the supreme court its order to arrest of the prime minister over corruption allegations was dismissed so tom m. hali a journalist and a former pakistani air force officer says a change of power could be looming. people likening it to square and so many other things but my personal feeling is that in all those uprisings there was not one single leader around home people could rally but over here they have in the shape of a llama the whole cadre but there have been actually two or three different theories about the background of this man some said that because of his canadian nationality and because of his longer stay in the west he may have been motivated as well as funded by the west there is another theory that he may be a stooge of the military the fact is that whoever has launched this particular

person has done his homework because if the man has captured the spirit and imagination of a people who had the feeling that they were down drug then they were neglected and they were driven against of all because of bad governance because of the peril of situation because of lack of energy lack of food and lack of jobs people are joining him in flocks and even those who are double minded are now trying to make sure that it matters if history has to change of this country who can't resent a government slogans driven by the disc content over corruption and a flawed electoral system included calls for a revolution in an exclusive interview with protest leader told us exactly what he means captured here on our t.v. in around three hours time. when i see evolution we should keep in your mind in egypt in tunis in libya and all these countries there was lead to the dictatorship for years and years for a long time. in that people stood up against that in iran there was when eric here

rule of shan shah the people stood up against that or dystonic is bit different there is no one else to me that monadic elul nor a military dictatorship here is electoral authority did it when he gave his electoral dictatorship true democracy does not exist in this society neither in political field nor in social feed nor in economic field nor democracy so this is a lot less and less total chaos and anarchy in this country gone were distorted dysfunctional. saw that this is the single nation single country in whole muslim world having a nuclear capability and if the same situation continues there could be a very big disaster if we could come to the level of collapse so out of this martin movement is anti corruption to educate our society from corruption and this is need

of the whole muslim world the whole turd world and developing muslim countries have to get rid of corruption and corrupt leaders. barack obama is now officially beginning his second presidential term having now taken the oath of office at the white house on monday he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some of the promises he's so far failed to keep but james lark who was the former head of america's libertarian party believes hoping for change is futile. i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regardless of what president obama. was a stimulus and b. . in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the

american way with respect to the foreign policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination haykel by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether to program drones the hour it has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or must move forward toward the united states being a country which basically respects international and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. well still to come on the program support as israelis head to the polls on tuesday we'll look into why the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is losing many of his former votes.

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dot com. and live from moscow this is our team lead to have you back with. israel will elect a new parliament on tuesday and prime minister benjamin netanyahu is predicted to come out on top yet many israelis today don't think he's being radical enough obviously reports why many of netanyahu is right wing allies are changing their minds. he's the surprise success story of a change election campaign and one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for israel naftali bennett used to work for

prime minister netanyahu but now he's working at taking supporters away from him like this man who used to be a diehard supporter of netanyahu so he could party until these elections rolled around the likud is. a bus full of right wing members of knesset with a left wing person driving the bus. as far as being i mean. even though i am opposed to it. i would say most members of the likud obviously a minute is for it the irony is that while the world sees netanyahu as a white whale leader at home he's losing face among supporters for not being focused enough this is part of the right wing campaign he's up against there are some things we all know will never happen the sopranos will never return for another season. marker on our pro and a peace agreement with the palestinians will not happen promises like this have put bennett's jewish home party in third position it's poised to take more than twelve

percent of parliamentary seats analysts say netanyahu while still expected to serve another term is running scared he's up his rhetoric i say in the most clear of terms the western wall is not occupied territory i don't care what the un says we will build in jerusalem because it's our right netanyahu as we could list has grown even more right wing with radicals like this woman high up in the pecking order. but the league would be to no party is a party with values the state of israel is a state of the jews whose eternal capital. but what will be the implications of such rhetoric after the elections many israelis are asking themselves about the day after will netanyahu become more rightwing and risk drawing israel into conflicts with its neighbors or will he back down and risk losing face among his supporters. is hoping for the latter that

netanyahu will listen to world opinion and reach a compromise with the palestinians he knows all too well what the current cycle of violence can bring speakers daughter was killed in a suicide bombing seventeen years ago. we don't have unfortunately in the center and the left. a leader who is significantly charismatic to lead this country and give its people hope the left is also divided but i do think netanyahu will find a way to compromise because of world pressure but that compromise won't come easy enough to the bennett solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is to annex most of the west bank while allowing palestinians limited self rule in the west and while that might not seem a possible idea to most of the international community it's exactly what his constituency wants to hear a fact in a time yahoo is acutely aware of policy r.t. television. r.t. will be closely following the election on the twenty second of january giving you

in-depth coverage how will change with to run develop will settle the expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will netanyahu survive his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. british prime minister david cameron this week again postponed a crucial speech on his country's future relations with the european union but excerpts from his speech were released they give little away other events but the pm believes the e.u. must address its challenges immediately otherwise the union would fail and britain could drift towards an exit but the leader of the u.k. independence party told us that leaving you was never on time he joined. he's using the euro skeptic language to pursue a euro agenda this speech is happening because of the rise of ukip on the rise of ukip as lead to massive discontent on the back benches in the house of commons and

amongst the conservative party in the whole country and that's what he's responding to but the reality of what he says if you read the subtext is that the e.u. is very good for us but it serves our interests and i will promise i promise god to do my best over the next five years to do everything i can to keep britain a member of that you've made this issue is a key constitutional issue it isn't even about economics it's about who governs brit's it's about i'll be dependent as a democracy and determine their own future not a classic scare tactics always employed by the status quo whether they're defending slavery. or e.u. membership three million british jobs will be lost if we left the european union really europe is aging europe as a percentage of the world economy is now below a fifth and falling quite sharply it is gripped by eurozone crisis which is likely because of their fanaticism to keep it together to last for up to a decade and yeah ok europe is thirty eight percent of our overseas exports and

it's an important market place but the rest of the world is even more important to us. because we're stuck inside this old fashioned nineteenth century concept of a customs union we cannot make our own trade deals anywhere else in the world let's have a free trade deal with europe like the swiss do and let's reengage with the rest of the world. and while euro skepticism is on the rise in britain the economic stronghold germany appears to be harboring concerns over its sovereignty as well as artie's peter all of her found out. there's a rising feeling here in germany that it's not the germans who were really in charge of their country. the government is taking the sovereign rights of the german people and giving them away to bureaucrats in brussels civically with regards to currency this is a painful injury to the sovereignty of the issue is said to be fought out in the second tightest court this group calling themselves the civil coalition movement

want to stop germany's fiscal future being decided by the european central bank particularly how much german cash goes to the eurozone countries and set the pressure to democracy because it's no longer the governments who have to make a policy but is the european central bank deciding which policy is paid for over five thousand people back their petition as they look to challenge one of the most common pieces of perceived wisdom in europe that germany is the success story in the eurozone there was no other country which had so little benefits out of the euro if you come to look to the numbers according to their legal team those numbers showed germany being forced to pay for the euro zone countries despite this not being part of the deal and the single currency was created to finance isn't the only place where germans feel

a grip is slipping one former german foreign minister gave different reasons why they may be issues with sovereignty suggesting that they have their root in the memory of the country's past but sometimes we shy back from our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war . germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely intact protesting there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central bank twenty thirteen look set to be an important year and what they see is the

fight to return german rule to the german people these are all over r.t. berlin. beijing has slammed washington for its latest comments on china's territorial brawl with japan in the south china sea saying the u.s. should be more careful with its words and stay away from the region's matters that is after statements made by u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who assured tokyo of american support and warned china against any unilateral action in the dispute both beijing and tokyo laid claim to a string of uninhabited islands that are said to be rich in natural resources george coup the founder of international strategic alliance believes the u.s. is stoking the conflict between the two asian powers. with us created this mess and i think the u.s. is continuing to prove. the problems between europe and china u.s. is again playing the cheesy and being the game by on the one hand saying

we're neutral about this and we're not taking sides between china and japan but on the other hand they're saying we recognize that japan has a mere state of control and therefore we would be opposed to any. action so how did your pain get the mystery until the u.s. . from the beginning to the u.s. was really responsible for this. mess. online right now for you conference speechless garion political leader cheats death after an assassin stormed the stage what is soon overpowered the whole thing caught on video and it's at r t dot com. and a storm of russia's kamaz truck to dominate the podium at the two thousand and thirteen dakar rally for details on that story and much more head to our website are two dot com. catching the

train took a bizarre twist in rural russia this week a man who survived after falling out of a carriage barely dressed for a night in a freezing siberian forest in the winter no less really artie's tom barton told me how the man managed to make it out of the woods alive. if we picture the scene we've got forty two year old valarie malkoff a lorry driver in this train clickety clack ing its way through the forests in the a more region in russia's far east at night they decide to go for a cigarette but nothing special so he goes to the vestibule at the end of the carriage smokes his cigarette and then as he stays went to open the door to go back to his carriage except it was the wrong door and he falls out the back of the train so he rapidly realizes that he is not just running to catch up with the train but for his very life we managed to talk to him earlier he was a little bit embarrassed about the whole thing when i fell out i only had parents

slippers and t. shirt i ran for seven kilometers i didn't curse minute happened i just saw the train was gone so i came quickly to my senses and started running so that i didn't freeze i ran on the railway track for about twenty or thirty minutes when i go to the nearest station their eyes popped out after they saw a man with almost no clothes on women there quickly gave me to me and reported what just happened i didn't tell this to anybody my wife found out about the incident only after journalists called her i would imagine that the phone call he had with his wife after she had found help not from him but from journalists was possibly a little bit strained luckily he's ok no injuries no hypothermia he's back at work there will be an investigation into perhaps the whether the train guard had forgotten to lock the back door of the train which as we can see was probably quite a big oversight if it turns out that that was what happened it's also possibly one

factor that made him run a bit faster was that we've recently reported on in the far east in siberia there's been quite a lot of problems with packs of ravenous wolves being there so i imagine if we had that in mind if we knew about that possibly something to spur him on a bit faster. well carrie johnson we'll bring you the latest headlines in about half an hour's time in the meantime these ladies may not be the tallest in russia but they don't let that hold them back or two documentaries here after a short break. georgian president mikheil saakashvili is military police have been accused by prosecutors of using a very unusual weapon to control members of the go.